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One summer evening as I was cooking dinner, there was a knock at the door. A bad-looking man came to see if I had a room for just o1. night. He came for a treatment this morning from2.(east) shore, but there’s no bus till next morning. I was told that he had been searching but was not very s3.. I told him we would find him a bed, but to rest4. the porch(門廊). I went inside and prepared dinner. When we were ready, I asked him if he would like to join 5.(we). “No, thank you. I had plenty.” He said.

After finishing6.(have) the dinner, I went out to talk with him. It didn’t take a long time to see this old man had an oversized(過大的)heart crowded that tiny body. He7.(tell) me he fished for living to help his daughter, his five children and his wife who was ill and too weak to do anything. At bedtime, we put a bed in the children’s room for him. On his next trip, he 8./br?:t/ a big fish and some fresh oysters(牡蠣)as a gift. And for years, there was never a time he came9./w???a?t/ some fish or vegetables from his garden.

I know it was thankful10. our family to know him. From him we learned that to accept the bad with no complaint and the good with thanks.

1.one 2.eastern 3.successful 4.on 5.us 6.having 7.told 8.brought 9.without 10.for 【解析】本文主要講了在一個夏天的晚上， 我正在做晚飯的時候，一個老人敲門請求借宿，我在門廊給他找了一個地方。飯后，通過談話，我得知， 他釣魚是為了他的女兒還有她的五個孩子和妻子...

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